Announcement PDF ASX Announcement 18 March 2026 ASX: OD6 1 APPOINTMENT OF THE HON JULIE BISHOP AS STRATEGIC ADVISOR Highlights • Julie Bishop & Partners (JBP) appointed as Strategic Advisor to support the advancement of critical minerals projects in the United States and Australia. • The Hon Julie Bishop served as Australia’s 38th Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013–2018 and as Deputy Leader of the Federal Liberal Party for 11 years. • The JBP team includes senior advisers and independent consultants with extensive careers in government, politics, banking and executive roles. • Critical Mineral focused initiatives by the U.S and Australia Government include: o Trump administration’s “Project Vault” which aims to establish a US$12B critical minerals stockpile o FAST-41 permitting pathway for priority mineral o Australia’s AUD$1.2 billion Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve (CMSR) • Fluorspar and Rare Earths are Critical Minerals in the United States, Australia, Europe and across Asia. Comment from the Hon Julie Bishop “Critical minerals are now central to economic security, defence capability and advanced technology supply chains. Rare earths and fluorspar are particularly important inputs into clean energy systems, electric vehicles, semiconductors, aerospace and next-generation manufacturing. OD6 Metals is developing assets at a time when trusted jurisdictions such as Australia and the United States are actively seeking to diversify supply chains away from concentrated sources and strengthen domestic processing capability. The Splinter Rock Project presents an opportunity to contribute to allied rare earth supply resilience, while the Quinn Fluorspar Project in Nevada has potential strategic relevance to US industrial and defence supply chains. We look forward to supporting OD6 in its engagement with Australian and US government agencies, multilateral funding institutions, strategic partners and downstream customers as these projects advance through development and toward production. Strong partnerships between government and industry will be essential to unlocking the next generation of secure and sustainable critical minerals supply.” 2 Brett Hazelden, Managing Director, commented: “We are delighted to welcome the Hon Julie Bishop and her highly experienced advisory team to OD6. Splinter Rock is emerging as one of Australia’s most promising clay-hosted rare earth projects, and the next phase of development requires strategic coordination across government stakeholders, funding institutions, international partners and downstream offtake markets. The addition of the Quinn Fluorspar Project in Nevada further strengthens OD6’s exposure to US critical minerals policy settings. Julie’s deep understanding of US government institutions, international diplomacy and strategic negotiation will be enormously valuable as we position both projects within broader trans-Pacific critical minerals strategies. Julie’s unparalleled experience in global diplomacy and government engagement, combined with the operational depth of the JBP advisory team, will significantly enhance OD6’s ability to position Splinter Rock and Quinn as projects of national and allied strategic importance.” OD6 Metals Limited (OD6 or the Company) is pleased to announce the appointment of the Honourable Julie Bishop and her advisory firm, Julie Bishop & Partners (JBP), as Strategic Advisor to support the advancement of the Company’s Splinter Rock Rare Earth Project in Western Australia and the recently acquired Quinn Fluorspar Project in Nevada, USA. JBP is a highly regarded strategic advisory practice providing tailored geopolitical, government engagement and international relationship services across Australia, the USA and key allied jurisdictions. The engagement brings world-class diplomatic capability and decades of senior government experience to OD6 as it advances a portfolio of strategically significant critical mineral assets. Trans-Pacific government support for future-facing minerals projects for resilient supply chains continues to strengthen. In Australia, the AUD$1.2 billion Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve (CMSR) highlights the Federal Government’s commitment to sovereign capability and supply diversification. In the United States, initiatives such as the “FAST-41” permitting pathway for priority minerals and the Trump administration’s “Project Vault” which aims to establish a US$12B critical minerals stockpile, continue to shine a light on the importance of Critical Minerals. OD6 believes that JBP’s diplomatic and government experience will prove invaluable in navigating an optimal path through this regulatory framework. The Hon Julie Bishop served as Australia’s 38th Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013– 2018 and as Deputy Leader of the Federal Liberal Party for 11 years. Her distinguished 20- year career in Federal Parliament included ministerial responsibility for Foreign Affairs, Education, Science and Training. As Foreign Minister, Ms Bishop oversaw Australia’s global diplomatic network, leading over 5,000 departmental staff and 110 international missions, strengthening strategic and economic relationships with governments around the world. The JBP team includes independent consultants and senior advisers with deep experience in Federal cabinet processes, budgetary decision-making, international funding agencies, stakeholder engagement, corporate responsibility and strategic partnerships, drawing from extensive careers in government, politics, banking and executive roles. 3 About OD6 Metals OD6 Metals is an Australian public company pursuing exploration and development opportunities within the critical minerals sector, namely rare earths, copper and fluorspar. Rare Earth Elements OD6 Metals has successfully identified clay hosted rare earths at its 100% owned Splinter Rock Project which is located in the Esperance-Goldfields region of Western Australia. The Company released a Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) for Splinter Rock in May 2024, confirming that the project hosts one of the largest and highest-grade clay-hosted rare earths deposits in Australia with an Indicated Resource of 119Mt @ 1,632ppm TREO and an Inferred Resource of 563Mt @ 1,275ppm TREO with an overall ratio of ~23% high-value Magnetic Rare Earths (MagREE). An innovative Process Flow sheet has been selected utilising Heap Leaching, Nano-filtration and Ion Exchange Technologies that have achieved ~75% Nd & Pr overall recovery, produced a high-quality Mixed Rare Earth Carbonate or Hydroxide (MREC/H) of ~56-59% TREO, with low levels of impurities (Al, Fe, P, Si) and extremely low uranium and thorium content. Fluorspar (Fluorite) The Company secured an option to acquire the Quinn Fluorspar Project in Nevada, USA. Nevada is regarded as one of the world’s premier mining jurisdictions and is currently ranked second in the 2025 Fraser Institute’s Mining Attractiveness Index. Historically a number of the Quinn Fluorspar deposits were mined in the 1950’s for Fluorspar. In 1969. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) conducted a survey and confirmed fluorspar grading up to 72% CaF2 in bulk samples. The USA currently imports 100% of all Fluorspar consumed domestically with 68% of all global supply sourced from China (USGS 2024). Fluorspar is listed as a Critical Mineral by the USGS and is essential in the production of hydrofluoric acid, AI semi-conductor chip etching, advanced battery technologies and nuclear fuel processing with other applications in defence and aerospace technologies. Copper The Company is advancing the Gulf Creek Copper-Zinc VMS Project located near the town of Barraba in NSW. Gulf Creek was mined at around the turn of the 20th century and was once regarded as the highest-grade copper mine (2% to 6.5% Cu) in NSW until its closure due to weak copper prices in 1912. Very little exploration has occurred at the project in over 100 years, with OD6 aiming to apply modern day exploration technologies. The 2025 maiden drilling program successfully defined high grade copper below the historical mine plus confirmed the strong relationship between magnetism and massive sulphide mineralisation. Geophysical modelling has identified multiple, high priority targets ready for drilling providing over >3km of strike in the immediate mine-stratigraphy, and over >10km across the tenement. Corporate Directory Managing Director Non-Executive Chairman Non-Executive Director Financial Controller/ Joint Company Secretary Joint Company Secretary Technical Advisor to the Board Contact OD6 Metals Ltd ACN 654 839 602 www.od6metals.com.au Mail to: info@od6metals.com.au Phone: +61 8 6189 8515 Level 1, 1 Alvan Street, Subiaco, WA 6008 Mr Brett Hazelden Mr Piers Lewis Dr Mitch Loan Mr Troy Cavanagh Mr Joel Ives Dr Darren Holden Investor Relations Lucas Robinson Corporate Storytime lucas@corporatestorytime.com Phone: +61 408 228 889 4 Forward Looking Statements Certain information in this document refers to the intentions of OD6 Metals, however these are not intended to be forecasts, forward looking statements, or statements about the future matters for the purposes of the Corporations Act or any other applicable law. Statements regarding plans with respect to OD6 Metals projects are forward looking statements and can generally be identified by the use of words such as ‘project’, ‘foresee’, ‘plan’, ‘expect’, ‘aim’, ‘intend’, ‘anticipate’, ‘believe’, ‘estimate’, ‘may’, ‘should’, ‘will’ or similar expressions. There can be no assurance that the OD6 Metals plans for its projects will proceed as expected and there can be no assurance of future events which are subject to risk, uncertainties and other actions that may cause OD6 Metals actual results, performance, or achievements to differ from those referred to in this document. While the information contained in this document has been prepared in good faith, there can be given no assurance or guarantee that the occurrence of these events referred to in the document will occur as contemplated. Accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted by law, OD6 Metals and any of its affiliates and their directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors disclaim any liability whether direct or indirect, express or limited, contractual, tortuous, statutory or otherwise, in respect of, the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information in this document, or likelihood of fulfilment of any forward-looking statement or any event or results expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement; and do not make any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information in this document, or likelihood of fulfilment of any forward-looking statement or any event or results expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement; and disclaim all responsibility and liability for these forward-looking statements (including, without limitation, liability for negligence). No new information Except where explicitly stated, this announcement contains references to prior exploration results, all of which have been cross-referenced to previous market announcements made by the Company. The Company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the relevant market announcements. The information in this report relating to the Mineral Resource estimate for the Splinter Rock Project is extracted from the Company’s ASX announcements dated 18 July 2024. OD6 confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the original announcement and that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the Mineral Resource estimate continue to apply. This announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of OD6 Metals Limited